Kamala is a cop. Good.

Two large groups of white people, white leftists, and white liberals, are heavily invested in the idea that law enforcement is PER SE bad.

Want to know why?

It’s their white savior complex.
White leftists believe white-centered class-politics are the only way to save black folks.

White liberals believe a white woman, aka, white feminism, must lead the way. Gender politics must win first, and civil rights will trickle down.
That’s how Elizabeth Warren becomes a civil rights leader. She’s an intelligent woman professor.

Thus, she becomes white liberal Moses.

Meanwhile, both groups scream:

“KAMALA IS A COP (and that is bad)”
*Of course* they do.

If all law enforcement is bad, then all the black women with law enforcement backgrounds who actually get shit done can be CANCELLED by them.

It’s *very* convenient.
Law enforcement backgrounds, especially that like a prosecutor, are notoriously easy to criticize.

All you have to do is pretend this difficult *job* is like an elected LEGISLATIVE Office.
It’s not, of course.

Prosecutors don’t get to simply cast a vote on how they want to proceed.

They are bound by law, both good and bad.

If they violate that law, they risk losing ALL OF THEIR POWER TO ENACT CHANGE.
Black women like Kamala Harris and Val Demmings know this, but they choose this far more difficult path anyway, because it’s historically been shown to be an extremely effective tactic.

You NEED folks on the inside. Even if you want to fully dismantle the system!
If you don’t have them, you have incredibly powerful conservative white male prosecutors even in the most liberal cities, constantly closing rank.

We wouldn’t be anywhere near where we are today.
Kamala Harris is poised to be the next Vice President of the United States, and white liberal and white leftists would love for you to believe that *actually*, her criminal justice record is bad.

They NEED you to believe that.

But it’s actually very good.
Other Khive folks have and can do a far better job than me at explaining how Kamala Harris is one of the most effective change makers in modern political history.

I’ll refer you to @blackwomenviews , @KHiveQueenBee, @notcapnamerica, who have all the receipts.
But suffice it to say, we can have this discussion all day, and we will always win.

Kamala is a cop, sure, if you need to refer to anyone in law enforcement as a cop for your own agenda, why not.

But a very, very good cop.
Kamala Harris is the kind of Top Cop the vast majority of Americans can agree we actually need in this country.

You will find that both black women, the heart of the Democratic Party and the key to our future, and white suburban women, the one swing demographic left, will agree.
Kamala Harris speaks on the concept of JUSTICE like no other.

She can explain right to these white suburban women, mothers, how black women feel raising children in this country.

How do you think the amazing @lucymcbath got elected in Newt Gingrich’s district y’all?
Black women like Lucy and Kamala have the ability and the PATIENCE to tell their stories and those of their communities until those white women really get it.

They form a bond built on mutual trust.

Oprah did this through daytime television.
Kamala Harris is a black woman who not only knows how to reach out to these women and tell her story, but has a law enforcement background that helps make these women feel even more comfortable supporting Democrats.

That’s WHY she’s done what she’s done.
Kamala Harris brings more to a potential ticket with Joe Biden than any potential pick in recent memory.

It’s a no-brainer.

Fellow white liberals: please join me here.

The Khive is a welcoming place.

We need more of y’all.

We’ve got work to do.
So one more time with gusto:

KAMALA HARRIS IS A COP. GOOD.
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